A Prospective Comparative Study of Arthroscopic and Open Surgery in Cuistow Procedure

A Prospective Comparative Study of Arthroscopic and Open Surgery in Chinese Unique Inlay Bristow Procedure

To evaluate the clinical outcomes of arthroscopic and open Chinese Unique Inlay Bristow procedure in treating recurrent anterior shoulder instability.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Shoulder Dislocation
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: arthroscopic Cuistow; Procedure: open Cuistow

Detailed Description

Recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder joint is a common disorder of the shoulder joint. Patients with recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder severely affect movement and quality of life, and severe cases can lead to severe dysfunction of the shoulder joint. Nowadays, arthroscopic Bankart surgery is routinely used to treat such patients. However, the recurrence rate of shoulder dislocation with conventional arthroscopic Bankart repair is high in professional athletes with very high levels of athleticism and in complex patients with large glenoid bone defects. For this population, coracoid transfer surgery (Bristow-Latarjet procedure) is currently considered to have better efficacy.

The Latarjet procedure is now relatively well established internationally; however, this technique has a large osteotomy block and uses two hollow screws to fix the bone block. This is very traumatic and cannot be used in patients with small coracoid, and there is a high incidence of postoperative bone resorption of the bone block, and in the event of severe bone resorption, the screws left behind are more damaging to the subscapularis tendon. In contrast, the Bristow procedure is relatively less invasive, but the early healing rate of the grafted bone block is lower than that of the Latarjet procedure. In response to this problem, the group improved the Bristow procedure in a previous clinical study by using an embedded technique to fix the bone block, which is the first of its kind in the world, and the investigators named it the Chinese Unique Inlay Bristow (Cuistow) procedure. The description and clinical results of this procedure have been accepted by the American Journal of Sports Medicine, and the technique is now a routine procedure in our department.

There is still some debate as to whether the classical coracoid procedure should be performed arthroscopically or open. Open surgery is more traumatic, but relatively easy to perform, with a shorter operative time and a shorter learning curve to master the technique; arthroscopic surgery is less traumatic, with faster recovery, but relatively more expensive and requires higher surgical skills. Some studies have concluded that there is no significant difference between the two in terms of long-term postoperative outcomes and complications. In our previous study, the investigators found that the use of our first " Mortise and Tenon structure " bone displacement fixation resulted in better early postoperative stability and higher postoperative bone healing rates than the traditional coracoid transfer procedure. However, it is unknown whether there is a difference in clinical outcomes and postoperative bone healing rates using open surgery compared to arthroscopic surgery.

In this study, a prospective observational study was conducted in which the advantages and disadvantages of arthroscopic and open surgery for Cuistow procedure were explained to the patient before surgery, and then the patient chose one of the surgical approaches according to his or her own wishes. The functional recovery and bone resorption of the two groups were compared, and the two surgical approaches were evaluated to determine whether there were significant differences in postoperative bone healing rates and clinical outcomes between the two surgical approaches.

In conclusion, the aim of this study was to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the two surgical approaches through a comparative study. The investigators wish to provide a complete systematic solution for the treatment of difficult and complex recurrent anterior shoulder dislocations, and to provide an effective remedy for cases of recurrence after Bankart surgery.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 70
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Shuhan Zhang; Phone Number: 86-15336331337; Email: shuhan.zhang@bjmu.edu.cn

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China
      • Recruiting
      • PekingUTH
      • Contact: Guoqing Cui, professor

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. a glenoid defect ≥10%
2. contact sport athletes with a glenoid defect < 10%
3. failure after Bankart repair.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. epilepsy
2. multidirectional shoulder instability
3. concomitant other lesions including rotator cuff tear, symptomatic acromioclavicular joint pathology or pathological involvement of the long head of the biceps

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arthroscopic Cuistow; Patients who receive arthroscopic Cuistow procedure	Procedure: arthroscopic Cuistow; peforming the Cuistow Procedure under arthroscopy
Experimental: Open Cuistow; Patients who receive open Cuistow procedure	Procedure: open Cuistow; peforming the Cuistow Procedure with the traditional open process

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
ASES score	The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score is the most commonly used score to describe the function of patients' shoulder joints, ranging from 0 to 100. The higher the score, the better the function of patients' shoulder joints.	2 years after surgery
pain VAS score	The visual analog scale (VAS) for pain score is the most commonly used to describe pain levels in patients, ranging from 0 to 10, with a higher score indicating more intense pain.	2 years after surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Active shoulder ranges of motion	internal rotation at the side, and external and internal rotation at 90° of abduction	2 years after surgery
Bone block position	Bone block position was evaluated using postoperative CT scans.The ideal position of the bone block was defined as flush to the anterior glenoid rim in the axial view and 4 o'clock in the En face view. The bone block was considered too lateral if it went beyond the glenoid rim by more than 5 mm and it was judged to be too medial if it was medial to the rim by more than 5 mm.	immediately after surgery
Bone union	Graft union with the glenoid was assessed using postoperative CT scans. ''Bony union'' of the transplant was defined as no radiolucent zone; ''fibrous union,'' when the transplant had a radiolucent zone of less than 5 mm; and ''migration,'' when the zone	3 months after surgery
Bone union	Graft union with the glenoid was assessed using postoperative CT scans. ''Bony union'' of the transplant was defined as no radiolucent zone; ''fibrous union,'' when the transplant had a radiolucent zone of less than 5 mm; and ''migration,'' when the zone	2 years after surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Peking University Third Hospital
• Investigators: Study Chair: Guoqing Cui, Peking University Third Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 6, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 30, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 27, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): July 7, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 9, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 28, 2021
• Last Verified: July 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: arthroscopy; recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation; Bristow-Latarjet procedure
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Shoulder Injuries; Joint Dislocations; Shoulder Dislocation
• Other Study ID Numbers: M2020294

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No